the three outer ones naked, the three inner beautifully 

 fringed with numerous white, succulent hairs, which, when 

 seen under a microscope, are, each of them, studded with 

 pellucid raised points, directed forwards. Stamens six, in- 

 serted at the base of the segments of the perianth, shorter 

 than them. Filaments white, subulate, glabrous. Anthers 

 oblong, of a deep orange-colour. Pistil : Germen oblong, 

 with three angles and three furrows. Style short, columnar. 

 Stigma of three, spreading, dilated rays. Capsule (imma- 

 ture) almost an inch long, surrounded at the base with the 

 withered, persistent segments of the perianth. Cells three ; 

 each cell containing many roundish seeds, arranged in one 

 series, in the inner angle of the cell. The ripened fruit I 

 have not seen. 



Seeds of this were brought from Chili, by our valued 

 friend Mr. Cruckshanrs, and together with many others 

 from that country and Peru, liberally given to the Botanic 

 Garden of Glasgow. The plants raised from them were 

 reared in the greenhouse, and produced flowers and nearly 

 ripe capsules in April, 1831. The figure of Ruiz and 

 Pavon represents a smaller plant than our's, with a simple 

 and scarcely leafy scape, bearing larger flowers. Still, I 

 believe the two plants are identical. How far it may be 

 right to retain this in the Genus Anthericum I scarcely feel 

 competent to decide. It differs from that Genus in its quite 

 glabrous stamens, in its oblong capsule, short style, three- 

 rayed stigma, and in the inner petals being beautifully 

 fringed, in this particular approaching the Genus Thysan- 

 otus of Mr. Brown, but departing from it in the short, 

 straight style, and in the elongated, many-seeded fruit. 



Fig.]. Outer segment of the Perianth. 2. Inner do. 3. Portion of the 

 Hair of the Fringe. 4. Pistil. 5. Unripe Fruit, cut through transversely 

 to show the Seeds. — Magnified. 



Note. — We here take the opportunity of remarking, that the Gladiolus 

 ptittacinus, published at Tab. 3032 of this work, should bear the name of O. 

 natalensis, (it being a native of the shores of the Natal River, Cape of Good 

 Hope,) given to it by Professor Reinwardt, of Leyden ; who introduced it 

 to Europe, and who, we know, has distributed this splendid plant with grea 

 liberality. 



